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Hello,
 

As the title suggests I have foolishly moved my saved games folder to a new ssd drive without creating a new folder. As a result all of my saved games are being saved within the root of the drive which does look messy. Does anyone know how I can revert this or change the file path location of the saved games folder? I have tried creating a new saved games folder in the old drive I copied it form but I cant change it file location. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks.

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I have now solved this issue . For anyone stuck with this issue in the future download the following bat file:

 

:: Created by: Shawn Brink :: http://www.tenforums.com :: Tutorial: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/23504-users-personal-folders-restore-default-location-windows-10-a.html taskkill /f /im explorer.exe timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul if not exist "%UserProfile%\Saved Games" mkdir "%UserProfile%\Saved Games" reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" /v "{4C5C32FF-BB9D-43B0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4}" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Saved Games" /f reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "{4C5C32FF-BB9D-43B0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4}" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d %%USERPROFILE%%"\Saved Games" /f attrib +r -s -h "%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games" /S /D timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul start explorer.exe

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rayrayblues

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@Heroman30

I have a dedicated M2 SSD for DCS. My saved games folder is still on my C drive and it takes up about 100 gigs of space.

Will this help me move the SG folder to my dedicated DCS drive?

I tried to just copy and paste it once and the result was a mess?

I had to restore windows from my backup drive in order to fix it.


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1 hour ago, rayrayblues said:

Will this help me move the SG folder to my dedicated DCS drive?

 

No, it will not. Please, check this Guide I just wrote:

 

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@Heroman30
I have a dedicated M2 SSD for DCS. My saved games folder is still on my C drive and it takes up about 100 gigs of space.
Will this help me move the SG folder to my dedicated DCS drive?
I tried to just copy and paste it once and the result was a mess?
I had to restore windows from my backup drive in order to fix it.
No need. Follow the instructions in Rudel's fantastic guide!

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@Rudel_chw and @MAXsenna

Thanks guys, I'll give it a try, if it works I should gain 100 Gb free space on my C drive.

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@Rudel_chw

It did not work. It did not create the special folder like you said it would.

On the right is my Saved Games folder before transfer.

On the left is my G drive after the move. It should have the Open Beta folder and the saved games special folder.

Instead it moved everything separately.

The game won't  open now.` The only thing I can do now is restore my Windows from a backup.

 

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19 minutes ago, rayrayblues said:

@Rudel_chw

It did not work. It did not create the special folder like you said it would.

On the right is my Saved Games folder before transfer.

On the left is my G drive after the move. It should have the Open Beta folder and the saved games special folder.

Instead it moved everything separately.

 

 

What path did you specify as destination? Looks like you didn't specify a folder, just the root of the drive.


 

 

 

 

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@Rudel_chw

I selected the G drive. You said not to create a folder that it will create the special folder automatically.

I was expecting when opening the drive that there would be two folders.

1, the game folder and 2, the Special Saved Games folder.

That is what I would like to do. 

 

Kinda like this: 

 

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5 minutes ago, rayrayblues said:

I selected the G drive. You said not to create a folder that it will create the special folder automatically.

 


the folder is created automatically yes, but YOU specify what name you want it to have 🙂 ... like I showed on the illustrations. The name should have been "G:\Saved Games" to get the result you want.


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4 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:


the folder is created automatically yes, but YOU specify what name you want it to have 🙂 ... like I showed on the illustrations.

 

DUH......Thanx, I'll try again and let you know. Thank God for Acronis.

If something goes wrong, I can restore my whole computer in less than an hour.

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@Rudel_chw

That was it! This picture is not photoshopped like the first one.

My C:\ drive is now 100 Gb lighter. Now, how do I link it to the main game.

The game opens, but none of my configs, missions, mods etc. are there?

I mean they are there, but the game doesn't see them.

 

EDIT:  It seems to be just the mods.

I tried reinstalling them, but no luck.

Should I make a whole new mods folder and install the one at a time, or................??

 

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I keep getting this. How do I get my mods to work???

 

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Please, attach your dcs.log file to look for clues.

 

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@Rudel_chw

Hey Eduardo, I figured it out. The first time I ran the move, it copied my user mods into my main game folder.

IDK how that happened. I sure didn't send them there. I did a clean up and removed them all.

My game is back up and running with all of my user mods in place.

Thanks again for your help.

Ray   HVYapur.png

 

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Hey Eduardo, I figured it out. The first time I ran the move, it copied my user mods into my main game folder.
IDK how that happened. I sure didn't send them there. I did a clean up and removed them all.
My game is back up and running with all of my user mods in place.
Thanks again for your help.
Ray   HVYapur.png
 
Happy you got it sorted. It actually makes perfect sense. When you did it the first time, there was already already a folder called DCS.OpenBeta in the root, so it just moved your \Saved Games\DCS.OpenBeta folders into that one and merged them.

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